| English Standard Version | NET Bible |
| 1I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to you, O LORD, I will make music. | 1A psalm of David. I will sing about loyalty and justice! To you, O LORD, I will sing praises! |
| 2I will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house; | 2I will walk in the way of integrity. When will you come to me? I will conduct my business with integrity in the midst of my palace. |
| 3I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me. | 3I will not even consider doing what is dishonest. I hate doing evil; I will have no part of it. |
| 4A perverse heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil. | 4I will have nothing to do with a perverse person; I will not permit evil. |
| 5Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure. | 5I will destroy anyone who slanders his neighbor in secret. I will not tolerate anyone who has a cocky demeanor and an arrogant attitude. |
| 6I will look with favor on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way that is blameless shall minister to me. | 6I will favor the honest people of the land, and allow them to live with me. Those who walk in the way of integrity will attend me. |
| 7No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes. | 7Deceitful people will not live in my palace. Liars will not be welcome in my presence. |
| 8Morning by morning I will destroy all the wicked in the land, cutting off all the evildoers from the city of the LORD. | 8Each morning I will destroy all the wicked people in the land, and remove all evildoers from the city of the LORD. |
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